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Ito Shinsui
Taikyo (Before the mirror [Red geisha])
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Fine Japanese Prints, Lot 161
6. Dec - 14. Dec 2021
Fine Japanese Prints, Lot 161
6. Dec - 14. Dec 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Taikyo (Before the mirror [Red geisha])
Taisho period, early 20 th century
woodblock print, signed Shinsui, sealed tatsumi, and inscribed Shihitsu (trial drawing), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, dated Taisho gonen shichigatsu (July 1916), unnumbered
42.4 x 27.5 cm., 16⅝ x 10¾ in.
Taikyo (Before the mirror [Red geisha])
Taisho period, early 20 th century
woodblock print, signed Shinsui, sealed tatsumi, and inscribed Shihitsu (trial drawing), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, dated Taisho gonen shichigatsu (July 1916), unnumbered
42.4 x 27.5 cm., 16⅝ x 10¾ in.
A top price for Ito Shinsui
This artwork by Ito Shinsui achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2021. In the Fine Japanese Prints auction, the work Taikyo (Before the mirror Red geisha) sold for GBP 52,920.00 (€ 63,122.46) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00. This high result makes Taikyo (Before the mirror Red geisha) the most expensive artwork by Ito Shinsui that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ito Shinsui
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ito Shinsui erzielte im Dezember 2021 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Fine Japanese Prints wurde die Arbeit Taikyo (Before the mirror Red geisha) für GBP 52.920,00 (€ 63.122,46) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Taikyo (Before the mirror Red geisha) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ito Shinsui, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ito Shinsui - Auction history
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